Lakshmi Parimala H

Lakshmi Parimala H is a Research Intern at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. She is currently pursuing her postgraduation in the Department of International Studies, at Stella Maris College, Chennai. She is currently working on The Indian Neighbourhood Reader. Her area of interest...

MA Salma

MA Salma is currently pursuing her post-graduation at the Department of International Studies, Stella Maris College, Chennai. Her research interests include South Asia, West Asia, Conflict Studies and the Strategic Maritime Routes.

Santhosh Guru PR

Santhosh Guru PR is currently pursuing under graduation at the Department of Defence and Strategic Studies, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai. His research interests include China and its BRI; BIMSTEC and regional integration; Conflicts in strategic trade corridors; Trade in Ibero-America...

Vijay Maidergi

He can be reached at vijay.maidergi@gmail.com.

Harini Sha P

She can be contacted at harinisha.vaish@gmail.com 

Aarathi Srinivasan

She can be contacted at arrit33@gmail.com

Melvin George

Mr George is a Research Intern at NIAS, Bangalore. He is currently a postgraduate scholar at Loyola College, Chennai. His area of interests includes the Ukraine War, and Eastern European domestic politics. His other interests are South Asia, and East Asia.

Santhiya M

Santhiya. M is an undergraduate student at the Department of Political Science, Madras Christian College. Her research interests include China, Maritime Security, Climate Change and Gender Studies.

Immaculine Joy Paul

Immaculine Joy Paul is a Research Intern at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. She is currently a postgraduate scholar in the Department of Political Sciences at Madras Christian College, Chennai. She is currently working on The Indian Neighbourhood Reader and Africa Weekly. Her area...

Anushka Paul

Anushka Paul is an undergraduate student of Political Science and Sociology at Mount Carmel College, Bangalore.  Her research interests are rooted in international relations, particularly India’s engagement with its neighbourhood, with a focused interest in India–Bangladesh relations...

R Shwetha

R Shwetha is currently pursuing her undergraduate studies at the Department of Political Science, Kumaraguru College of Liberal Arts and Science. Her research interests include China’s foreign policy and regional engagement; India–Sri Lanka relations in the context of regional stability...

Jayasree

Jayasree is currently pursuing her undergraduate degree at the Department of Political Science, Madras Christian College, Chennai. Her research interests include the following: China's Grey Zone Warfare; Afghanistan-Pakistan conflict; Sri Lanka in the Indian Neighbourhood; Resource Geopolitics;...

Swati Sood

Swati Sood is an undergraduate student in Political Science at the University of Delhi. Her areas of interest include China, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East, with a focus on critical and emerging technologies, regional security, defence modernisation, and ethnic conflicts. She also has a keen interest...

Yesasvi Koganti

Yesasvi Koganti is currently pursuing under-graduation at the Department of Political Science, Madras Christian College, Chennai.  Her research interests include China–Europe relations; Pakistan–Afghanistan conflict dynamics in India’s Neighbourhood; Emerging security challenges...

Brighty Ann Sarah

Brighty Ann Sarah is a Research Assistant at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) under the Science, Technology and International Relations (STIR) Programme. She serves as an Assistant Editor for The Conflict Weekly and The World Today, and part of the NIAS Pakistan Reader team.   She...

R Preetha

R. Preetha is a Research Assistant at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) - Science, Technology and International Relations (STIR) Programme. She serves as an Assistant Editor for The World This Week and The World Today, and is also part of the NIAS Pakistan Reader team. She is currently...

Sakshi Yadav

Sakshi Yadav is currently pursuing post-graduation at the Department of International Studies, Political Science, and History at Christ University, Bangalore. Her research interests include the following: China's Society; China–South Asia relations; the US-Iran Conflict; and Climate Change...

Lekshmi MK

Lekshmi MK is a Research Assistant at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), working with the Area Studies-Pakistan Programme and the NIAS Polar and Ocean Studies initiative. She also serves as an Assistant Editor for The World Today and The World This Week. Her research interests include...

Rizwana Banu S

Rizwana Banu S is an undergraduate student at the Department of Political Science, Madras Christian College. Her research interests include China, BRI and Ocean governance. 

Adwitiyo Das

Adwitiyo Das is currently pursuing his under graduation at the Department of International Relations, Peace Studies and Public Policy, St Joseph's University, Bengaluru.  His research interests include the following India and its neighbourhood; the South China Sea; Russian...

Kuhu Sharma

Kuhu Sharma is currently pursuing her post graduation at the Department of International Studies, Political Science and History, Christ University, Bangalore. Her research interests include the following: Resource race in the Arctic among the major powers - the US, Russia, China and the EU; national...

Tonica Sharon C

Tonica Sharon C is currently pursuing her undergraduate studies at the Department of Political Science and Economics, Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru. Her research interests include Africa, with a particular focus on the Horn of Africa, conflict studies, regional security and maritime dynamics, and...

Kirsten Wilfred Coelho

Kirsten Wilfred Coelho is currently pursuing under graduation at the Department of Political Science, Madras Christian College, Chennai.   His research interests include subaltern politics in South and South East Asia along with marginalised group conflicts across parts of Asia.

Aishwarya Pai

Aishwarya Pai is currently pursuing her undergraduate studies at the Department of Political Science and Economics, Mount Carmel College. Her research interests include the following: Political and strategic dynamics of South Asia, with a focus on Pakistan; Economic statecraft and global economic...

Souparno Rakshit

Souparno Rakshit is a Postgraduate student of South Asian Studies in Pondicherry University. His interests are South Asia, Religion, Culture, Media, Global governance, Environmental Sustainability

Anushka Paul

Anushka Paul is an undergraduate student of Political Science and Sociology at Mount Carmel College, Bangalore.  Her research interests are rooted in international relations, particularly India’s engagement with its neighbourhood, with a focused interest in India–Bangladesh relations...

Siddhi Halyur

Siddhi Halyur is an undergraduate student at St. Joseph’s University, Bengaluru, pursuing a degree in International Relations, Public Policy, and Journalism.  Her academic interests span several areas of global politics and policy: China–Latin America relations; Afghanistan's political,...

Nirmiti Mhatre

Nirmiti Mhatre is an intern and an undergraduate student majoring in BA Political Science at the School of Liberal Arts, Alliance University, Bengaluru

Sunidhi Sampige

Sunidhi Sampige is an intern and is a postgraduate student in MA Diplomacy, Law and Business at the Jindal School of International Affairs, OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat

Akshath Kaimal

Akshath Kaimal is a Research Assistant with NIAS Area Studies-Pakistan, and is a postgraduate in International Studies and International Humanitarian Action

Tanvi Thara Harendra Jha

Tanvi Thara Harendra Jha is an intern, and is undergraduate student double majoring in BSc Clinical Psychology and BA Political Science at the School of Liberal Arts, Alliance University, Bengaluru.

Glynnis Winona B

Glynnis Winona B is currently pursuing her under graduation at the Department of International Relations, Peace Studies and Public Policy, St. Joseph's University, Bengaluru. Her research interests include: Global Energy Trade in the Persian Gulf; Maritime Security in Southeast Asia; Internal...

Harini Madhusudan

Harini Madhusudan is a doctoral scholar with the School of Conflict and Security Studies, NIAS. Her thesis looks at Militarisation in Outer Space, which draws from a combination of disciplines of International Law, Security Studies, International Relations, and Outer Space as a domain. She is looking...

Akriti Sharma

Akriti Sharma is a doctoral scholar at the Science, Technology and International Relations Programme, National Institute of Advanced Studies. She has completed her Bachelors in Political Science and Masters in Political Science from the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. She is also the recipient of...

Ankit Singh

Ankit is a Ph.D. scholar at NIAS, his research interests lie South Asia, peace studies and oral history. His research topic is on political economy of external debt in Pakistan (1971-2021).   Research activities In the STIR program, he is currently assisting in preparations of PR evening...

Rohini Reenum

Ms Rohini Reenum is a Doctoral Student at the Science, Technology and International Relations Programme, School of Conflict and Security Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies. Her areas of interest in terms of research are Maritime Security, Ocean Governance, International Relations Theory,...

Femy Francis

Research Assistant, Area Studies-China, East Asia and the Pacific     External Publications Femy Francis, "Pakistan elections: four provinces, mixed results, one message | Data," The Hindu, 29 February 2024 Femy Francis, "China’s ties with Africa | Explained,"...